Chloe Madeley will not be held back by the meritocrats

"Kids really think they can get fame overnight," lamented Richard Madeley in a recent interview, "because very occasionally, they see it happen. It is very dangerous for them because it sets them up for massive disappointment."

Strong words, Richard, and unusually coherent. What a pleasure, then to discover that one Chloe Madeley, 21, is being lined up to star in the new series of ITV's Dancing on Ice – the celeb reality format it's least possible to care about.

Regular readers of this blog will be already be familiar with Chloe's body of work, because it was only back in July that we were celebrating her FHM debut. Of course, the first knicker-flashing photoshoot of any celebrity offspring is such a precious moment, but Chloe elevated it into the realms of the sublime by contriving to suggest she was pulling herself up by her bootstraps, in the face of an industry stacked against her.

"I have to work twice as hard to prove I'm able to do the job," she told FHM whilst squeezing her breasts together for the camera, "for a reason beyond my family name."

We said at the time we'd be watching Chloe's progress with interest, but who would have thought she would graft her way up so quickly from the lads mag circuit, right into the heady realms of ITV's ice-dancing craptacular? That my darlings, is the audacity of hope, and Lost in Showbiz will not rest until Chloe is crowned Dancing on Ice winner, and turns to her electorate with the noble words: "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that Britain is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of reality television is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer."